Lesotho vs Malaysia statistics compared

Lesotho has a population of 2.34M (ranked 145/197), compared with 35.6M in Malaysia (ranked 44/197). Lesotho's land area is 11,722 sq mi versus 126,854 sq mi for Malaysia (ranked 137th vs. 65th).

By GDP, Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B) and Malaysia ranks 39/197 ($422B). By GDP per capita, Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972), while Malaysia ranks 81/197 ($11,867).

Lesotho and Malaysia: Comparison Charts

Lesotho and Malaysia economies compared

GDP

Lesotho

Malaysia

Table

Year	GDP
	Lesotho	Malaysia
1960	$34,579,986	$1,916,229,477
1961	$35,699,986	$1,901,856,123
1962	$41,859,983	$2,001,489,602
1963	$47,039,981	$2,510,110,348
1964	$51,939,979	$2,674,423,922
1965	$54,879,978	$2,956,337,669
1966	$56,699,977	$3,143,517,944
1967	$59,261,976	$3,188,924,677
1968	$61,445,975	$3,330,371,551
1969	$65,967,974	$3,664,552,041
1970	$68,739,973	$3,864,145,667
1971	$76,480,285	$4,244,395,956
1972	$80,913,200	$5,043,347,250
1973	$121,188,716	$7,662,902,678
1974	$150,851,317	$9,496,204,302
1975	$149,558,896	$9,298,800,799
1976	$147,660,037	$11,050,234,599
1977	$193,315,048	$13,139,488,633
1978	$266,570,067	$16,358,079,862
1979	$290,134,593	$21,213,264,962
1980	$431,542,537	$24,488,224,677
1981	$434,188,034	$25,004,285,792
1982	$348,741,684	$26,804,493,635
1983	$386,699,309	$30,347,442,111
1984	$333,163,670	$33,942,897,422
1985	$268,629,926	$31,199,633,353
1986	$318,858,423	$27,734,111,400
1987	$402,768,324	$32,181,210,158
1988	$470,395,801	$35,272,109,220
1989	$495,409,233	$38,847,965,293
1990	$596,410,264	$44,024,585,240
1991	$704,325,367	$49,143,148,094
1992	$831,029,862	$59,167,550,163
1993	$835,582,062	$66,894,966,969
1994	$878,250,945	$74,478,356,958
1995	$1,001,894,000	$88,705,342,903
1996	$946,112,493	$100,855,393,910
1997	$998,004,259	$100,005,323,302
1998	$928,460,893	$72,167,498,981
1999	$912,773,681	$79,148,421,053
2000	$887,291,688	$93,789,736,842
2001	$825,706,961	$92,783,947,368
2002	$775,777,239	$100,845,526,316
2003	$1,157,825,435	$110,202,368,421
2004	$1,511,236,656	$124,749,473,684
2005	$1,682,343,527	$143,534,405,819
2006	$1,800,092,564	$162,692,258,307
2007	$1,682,131,785	$193,549,569,478
2008	$1,766,902,709	$230,811,614,370
2009	$1,740,894,965	$202,257,453,037
2010	$2,234,754,242	$255,017,638,456
2011	$2,579,409,620	$297,951,668,675
2012	$2,477,702,216	$314,443,047,642
2013	$2,367,112,932	$323,276,235,524
2014	$2,441,063,054	$338,066,095,097
2015	$2,359,686,725	$301,355,266,965
2016	$2,114,426,452	$301,256,033,870
2017	$2,306,741,672	$319,109,094,160
2018	$2,556,247,292	$358,788,845,713
2019	$2,390,702,296	$365,177,721,022
2020	$2,053,699,870	$337,456,163,961
2021	$2,412,130,022	$373,784,823,673
2022	$2,354,980,884	$407,605,841,348
2023	$2,117,962,430	$399,705,137,434
2024	$2,271,541,846	$421,972,102,254

Lesotho and Malaysia economies compared

GDP per capita

Lesotho

Malaysia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Lesotho	Malaysia
1960	$47	$240.8
1961	$47	$232.9
1962	$53.5	$238.8
1963	$58.4	$291.8
1964	$62.6	$303
1965	$64.3	$326
1966	$64.3	$339
1967	$64.8	$335
1968	$64.8	$342
1969	$67.1	$368
1970	$67.4	$380
1971	$72.4	$407
1972	$74	$472
1973	$107	$701
1974	$128.7	$848
1975	$123.2	$811
1976	$117.8	$940
1977	$149.9	$1,092
1978	$200.8	$1,327
1979	$212.4	$1,680
1980	$307	$1,886
1981	$299.8	$1,866
1982	$233.9	$1,938
1983	$252	$2,124
1984	$211	$2,300
1985	$165.4	$2,046
1986	$191.4	$1,760
1987	$236.5	$1,977
1988	$270.4	$2,100
1989	$279	$2,244
1990	$330	$2,469
1991	$382	$2,679
1992	$444	$3,141
1993	$439	$3,462
1994	$456	$3,758
1995	$513	$4,363
1996	$480	$4,837
1997	$502	$4,679
1998	$465	$3,294
1999	$456	$3,528
2000	$443	$4,084
2001	$413	$3,944
2002	$389	$4,184
2003	$583	$4,465
2004	$767	$4,939
2005	$861	$5,556
2006	$925	$6,158
2007	$861	$7,169
2008	$898	$8,372
2009	$879	$7,191
2010	$1,119	$8,899
2011	$1,281	$10,217
2012	$1,218	$10,601
2013	$1,151	$10,714
2014	$1,174	$11,013
2015	$1,121	$9,649
2016	$992	$9,477
2017	$1,069	$9,863
2018	$1,171	$10,902
2019	$1,082	$10,920
2020	$919	$9,958
2021	$1,067	$10,903
2022	$1,030	$11,748
2023	$916	$11,379
2024	$972	$11,867

Lesotho vs. Malaysia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Lesotho

Malaysia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Lesotho	Malaysia
1950	44.6	48.5
1951	45.2	49.2
1952	45.9	50.1
1953	46.6	51.1
1954	47.3	52
1955	48	52.8
1956	48.6	53.7
1957	49.2	54.5
1958	49.6	55.4
1959	49.9	56.3
1960	50.2	57.2
1961	50.3	58
1962	50.3	58.9
1963	50.3	59.7
1964	50.3	60.4
1965	50.3	61.1
1966	50.4	61.7
1967	50.5	62
1968	50.8	62.4
1969	51.1	62.9
1970	51.5	63.3
1971	51.8	63.8
1972	52.3	64.2
1973	52.6	64.7
1974	52.9	65.2
1975	53.5	65.7
1976	53.9	66.2
1977	54.5	66.7
1978	55.2	67.2
1979	55.8	67.6
1980	56.5	68.1
1981	57.3	68.5
1982	58	68.9
1983	58.5	69.2
1984	59	69.6
1985	59.2	69.9
1986	59.3	70.1
1987	59.6	70.4
1988	59.6	70.6
1989	59.5	70.8
1990	59.3	71
1991	59.1	71.2
1992	58.6	71.5
1993	58.1	71.7
1994	57.3	71.9
1995	56.4	72
1996	55.1	72.1
1997	53.7	72.3
1998	52	72.4
1999	50.4	72.4
2000	48.8	72.7
2001	47.2	73.1
2002	46	73.5
2003	44.9	73.7
2004	44	74
2005	43.6	74.4
2006	43.2	74.7
2007	43.7	75
2008	44.3	75.2
2009	45.1	75.3
2010	46	75.4
2011	46.9	75.5
2012	48.2	75.6
2013	49.5	75.5
2014	50.8	75.3
2015	51.8	75.3
2016	52.9	75.4
2017	53.9	75.5
2018	54.6	75.7
2019	55.2	75.9
2020	55.1	76.1
2021	54.2	73.9
2022	56.8	75.4
2023	57.4	76.7
2024	57.8	76.8
2025	58.2	77

Lesotho and Malaysia population clocks and comparison

Population

Lesotho

Malaysia

Table

Year	Population
	Lesotho	Malaysia
1960	736,500	7,956,197
1961	758,824	8,164,443
1962	781,814	8,380,172
1963	805,373	8,602,160
1964	829,437	8,828,406
1965	854,090	9,056,408
1966	881,870	9,284,688
1967	913,982	9,507,099
1968	948,105	9,725,281
1969	983,202	9,947,597
1970	1,019,273	10,178,802
1971	1,056,246	10,423,453
1972	1,094,063	10,676,835
1973	1,132,697	10,935,621
1974	1,172,420	11,200,906
1975	1,213,643	11,471,914
1976	1,253,214	11,750,097
1977	1,289,967	12,035,713
1978	1,327,240	12,328,157
1979	1,366,169	12,627,862
1980	1,406,521	12,983,363
1981	1,448,069	13,399,203
1982	1,490,732	13,832,798
1983	1,534,413	14,285,907
1984	1,578,986	14,759,009
1985	1,624,379	15,252,258
1986	1,666,138	15,760,419
1987	1,703,390	16,276,737
1988	1,739,841	16,796,605
1989	1,775,436	17,314,997
1990	1,809,696	17,833,171
1991	1,842,379	18,342,464
1992	1,873,274	18,834,572
1993	1,901,793	19,322,664
1994	1,927,707	19,820,446
1995	1,951,437	20,330,599
1996	1,972,418	20,850,087
1997	1,988,130	21,375,218
1998	1,998,049	21,906,713
1999	2,003,234	22,435,531
2000	2,003,913	22,967,816
2001	2,000,853	23,526,538
2002	1,994,679	24,102,477
2003	1,985,059	24,679,602
2004	1,971,129	25,256,772
2005	1,953,076	25,836,071
2006	1,945,063	26,417,909
2007	1,953,268	26,998,389
2008	1,966,541	27,570,059
2009	1,980,883	28,124,778
2010	1,996,251	28,655,776
2011	2,014,009	29,162,039
2012	2,034,354	29,662,831
2013	2,056,504	30,174,265
2014	2,080,089	30,696,137
2015	2,104,611	31,232,798
2016	2,130,422	31,789,685
2017	2,157,110	32,355,644
2018	2,183,603	32,910,967
2019	2,209,405	33,440,596
2020	2,235,727	33,889,558
2021	2,261,542	34,282,399
2022	2,286,110	34,695,493
2023	2,311,472	35,126,298
2024	2,337,423	35,557,673

Fertility rates in Lesotho and Malaysia

Fertility rate

Lesotho

Malaysia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Lesotho	Malaysia
1960	5.78	6.41
1961	5.79	6.37
1962	5.79	6.3
1963	5.78	6.19
1964	5.77	6.03
1965	5.77	5.84
1966	5.76	5.64
1967	5.75	5.43
1968	5.73	5.29
1969	5.7	5.16
1970	5.7	5.04
1971	5.7	4.92
1972	5.69	4.82
1973	5.69	4.73
1974	5.75	4.62
1975	5.83	4.5
1976	5.87	4.4
1977	5.85	4.28
1978	5.82	4.18
1979	5.79	4.09
1980	5.75	4.04
1981	5.69	4
1982	5.63	3.97
1983	5.56	3.93
1984	5.48	3.89
1985	5.4	3.8
1986	5.32	3.7
1987	5.22	3.57
1988	5.1	3.5
1989	4.96	3.31
1990	4.81	3.3
1991	4.68	3.34
1992	4.54	3.37
1993	4.37	3.36
1994	4.21	3.35
1995	4.13	3.32
1996	4.06	3.3
1997	3.98	3.23
1998	3.82	3.12
1999	3.67	3.07
2000	3.61	2.94
2001	3.63	2.81
2002	3.68	2.66
2003	3.62	2.6
2004	3.51	2.49
2005	3.43	2.39
2006	3.41	2.31
2007	3.44	2.25
2008	3.39	2.26
2009	3.31	2.22
2010	3.25	2.14
2011	3.34	2.15
2012	3.3	2.12
2013	3.28	2.07
2014	3.24	2.06
2015	3.22	2.01
2016	3.18	1.94
2017	3.11	1.89
2018	3.02	1.84
2019	2.92	1.78
2020	2.85	1.68
2021	2.77	1.56
2022	2.72	1.55
2023	2.69	1.55

Lesotho and Malaysia demographics compared

Median age

Lesotho

Malaysia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Lesotho	Malaysia
1960	17.5	17.5
1961	17.4	17.3
1962	17.4	17.1
1963	17.4	17
1964	17.5	16.9
1965	17.5	16.8
1966	17.5	16.9
1967	17.6	17
1968	17.8	17.1
1969	18	17.3
1970	18.2	17.4
1971	18.3	17.6
1972	18.5	17.9
1973	18.6	18.1
1974	18.8	18.3
1975	18.9	18.6
1976	19	18.8
1977	19	19
1978	18.9	19.3
1979	18.8	19.5
1980	18.8	19.7
1981	18.7	19.9
1982	18.6	20.1
1983	18.6	20.4
1984	18.5	20.5
1985	18.4	20.7
1986	18.6	20.9
1987	18.7	21
1988	18.6	21.1
1989	18.5	21.3
1990	18.4	21.5
1991	18.4	21.7
1992	18.4	21.9
1993	18.4	22.1
1994	18.5	22.3
1995	18.6	22.5
1996	18.6	22.7
1997	18.8	22.9
1998	18.9	23.1
1999	19.1	23.4
2000	19.2	23.5
2001	19.4	23.6
2002	19.5	23.7
2003	19.7	23.9
2004	19.8	24
2005	19.9	24.2
2006	20	24.5
2007	20.2	24.8
2008	20.4	25.1
2009	20.6	25.6
2010	20.7	26
2011	20.9	26.4
2012	21	26.8
2013	21.1	27.1
2014	21.2	27.5
2015	21.3	27.8
2016	21.4	28.1
2017	21.6	28.5
2018	21.7	28.8
2019	21.8	29.2
2020	22	29.6
2021	22.1	30.1
2022	22.3	30.6
2023	22.5	31.1
2024	22.7	31.5

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